Now, let’s open RStudio and see what it looks like.
When you open RStudio, you will see a screen like this one:
Click on the icon to get the screen with four sections and I’ll run you through all of them.
Now, you should see something like this:
You can change the settings in your computer to reorder the different sections, or to change the appearance of your screen.
You should see 4 panes on your screen. We’ll talk about each one.
Pane 1: This pane holds your script, set of commands, or code. The script is your working document.
Let’s play with the basic features of RStudio and populate our first script.
Creating an outline 1. Create a title that reads “Part 1”. Use one hash tag symbol at the beginning and end with 4 dashes (- - - -).
Create a subtitle that reads “1.1 Writing a simple command” Now, use two hash tags at the beginning and, as before, end with 4 dashes (- - - -).
Look at the outline. This feature is very useful to navigate your script when it starts growing.
Let’s move on.